With three Devils having been fined for diving, New Jersey head coach John Hynes was one infraction away from being hit with a $2,000 fine. As of yet, no coach has been fined under the NHL’s new diving guidelines.

As a reminder, here’s the scale of fines issues to those found guilty of diving/embellishment.

The league reviews all possible embellishment situations and may consider additional dives that were not penalized during the game. They may also rescind dives called in a game that were later reviewed and determined not to be embellishments.

The Diving/Embellishment Review Process

The NHL’s Hockey Operations department tracks every diving or embellishment penalty called on the ice. They also review each game to identify possible dives that were missed by the on-ice officials. (In some cases, they even rescind those diving penalties that may have been called during a game. Boston’s Brad Marchand was the beneficiary of such a modification.)

Once the Hockey Ops team agrees that a dive has taken place, they issue a citation. Sportsnet’s Damien Cox reports that there are nine individuals who participate in the review of each incident. If six decide that a dive has taken place, the player is cited.

In-Game Penalties for Diving/Embellishment

While the NHL reviews all plays for diving and embellishment fines, the best punishment is that handed out in a game. Here are the calls from the 2015-16 season:

Date

Player

Team

Dive Count

Matching Penalty

Referees

10/13/2015

Nail Yakupov

EDM

1

Interference

Leggo/Martell

10/15/2015

Alexei Emelin

MTL

1

Roughing

Watson/Morton

10/17/2015

Andrew Shaw

CHI

1

Slashing

Charron/Meier

10/23/2015

Victor Rask

CAR

1

Holding

Dwyer/Skilliter

11/8/2015

Marcus Kruger

CHI

1

Holding

Pochmara/Hanson

11/14/2015

Valeri Nichushkin

DAL

1

Tripping

Romasko/Kozari

11/19/2015

Jonathan Marchessault

TBL

1

Hooking

Hebert/Lemelin

11/20/2015

Michael Grabner

TOR

1

Slashing

Kimmerly/Lee

11/21/2015

Nikolaj Ehlers

WPG

1

Interference

Watson/Meier

11/29/2015

Mike Green

DET

1

Interference

McCauley/McIsaac

12/3/2015

James Neal

NSH

1

Tripping

Lee/Pollock

12/6/2015

Dave Bolland

FLA

1

Interference

Jackson/Dwyer

12/7/2015

James Neal

NSH

2

None

Peel/Morton

12/15/2015

Jussi Jokinen

FLA

1

Cross-checking

Lee/Hanson

12/17/2015

Brandon Manning

PHI

1

Elbowing

O'Rourke/Martell

12/19/2015

Jarret Stoll

MIN

1

None

Kozari/Lemelin

12/22/2015

Jannik Hansen

VAN

1

Interference

L'Ecuyer/Morton

12/26/2015

Paul Byron

MTL

1

Interference

Sutherland/Hebert

12/27/2015

Joakim Nordstrom

CAR

1

Hooking

Rooney/Kozari

12/27/2015

Oliver Ekman-Larsson

ARI

1

Unsportsmanlike

Jackson/Watson

12/29/2015

Brendan Smith

DET

1

Interference

McCauley/Furlatt

12/29/2015

Brett Connolly

BOS

1

Hooking

L'Ecuyer/Rehman

12/29/2015

Derek MacKenzie

FLA

1

Tripping

Meier/Chmielewski

12/30/2015

Bobby Farnham

NJD

1

None

Martell/Morton

12/31/2015

Nikolaj Ehlers

WPG

2

Hooking

O'Rourke/Watson

1/8/2016

Artemi Panarin

CHI

1

Interference

Kowal/Romasko

1/12/2016

Craig Smith

NSH

1

Hooking

Pochmara/Rehman

1/14/2016

Alexander Edler

VAN

1

Interference

Sutherland/O'Halloran

1/14/2016

James Neal

NSH

3

Interference

St. Pierre/Peel

1/14/2016

Joel Armia

WPG

1

Hooking

St. Pierre/Peel

1/14/2016

Scottie Upshall

STL

1

Interference

Hebert/Kozari

1/14/2016

Tobias Rieder

ARI

1

Interference

Leggo/Romasko

1/21/2016

Nino Niederreiter

MIN

1

Hooking

Rooney/McIsaac

1/27/2016

Jakub Voracek

PHI

1

Holding

Pollock/Morton

1/27/2016

Nikita Kucherov

TBL

1

None

Pochmara/Rehman

2/2/2016

Tom Kuhnhackl

PIT

1

Holding

Rooney/Pochmara

2/9/2016

Chris Stewart

ANA

1

Hooking

Charron/Pollock

2/11/2016

Taylor Hall

EDM

1

Hooking

Pochmara/Dwyer

2/13/2016

Nail Yakupov

EDM

2

Hooking

Walsh/Meier

2/16/2016

Joseph Blandisi

NJD

1

Slashing

Kimmerly/Rank

2/19/2016

Eric Staal

CAR

1

Hooking

McCauley/Morton

2/23/2016

Connor McDavid

EDM

1

Sutherland/Watson

2/23/2016

Joseph Blandisi

NJD

2

Interference

Leggo/Lemelin

2/23/2016

Michael Frolik

CGY

1

Tripping

Jackson/Skilliter

2/23/2016

Tyler Johnson

TBL

1

Tripping

Hebert/L'Ecuyer

2/26/2016

Ryan Spooner

BOS

1

Tripping

Dwyer/Hebert

2/28/2016

Zdeno Chara

BOS

1

Hooking

St. Pierre/Kozari

3/1/2016

Dmitry Orlov

WSH

1

Holding

Sutherland/Romasko

3/1/2016

Jason Chimera

WSH

1

Hooking

Sutherland/Romasko

3/9/2016

Zach Hyman

TOR

1

Hooking

St. Pierre/Meier

3/11/2016

Shayne Gostisbehere

PHI

1

Holding

Skilliter/Lee

3/14/2016

Dan Hamhuis

VAN

1

Roughing

Charron/Watson

3/14/2016

Erik Gudbranson

FLA

1

Cross-checking

Hebert/Skilliter

3/15/2016

Trevor Daley

PIT

1

Tripping

Sutherland/Romasko

3/17/2016

Carl Hagelin

PIT

1

Tripping

O'Halloran/Kozari

3/19/2016

Martin Hanzal

ARI

1

Slashing

Kimmerly/Watson

3/21/2016

Nazem Kadri

TOR

1

Slashing

O'Halloran/Romasko

3/26/2016

Chris Kreider

NYR

1

Holding

Watson/Kozari

3/26/2016

David Pastrnak

BOS

1

Hooking

Hebert/Kowal

3/26/2016

Erik Condra

TBL

1

Tripping

Rooney/Dwyer

3/29/2016

Shea Weber

NSH

1

Cross-checking

L'Ecuyer/Dwyer

4/3/2016

Frank Vatrano

BOS

1

Holding

Watson/Kowal

4/7/2016

Alex Ovechkin

WSH

1

Cross-checking

Jackson/Watson

4/7/2016

Richard Panik

CHI

1

Hooking

Rooney/L'Ecuyer

4/9/2016

Conor Sheary

PIT

1

Slashing

Skilliter/Furlatt

4/9/2016

Filip Forsberg

NSH

1

None

Watson/Morton

The Predators were called for diving the most, with 6 occurrences, followed by the Bruins (5), then the Blackhawks (4), Lightning (4), Penguins (4), Panthers (4), and Oilers (4). The Sabres, Avalanche, Kings, Islanders, Senators, and Sharks were not called for embellishment.

Referee Brad Watson was on the ice for the most embellishment calls, 11, followed by Dean Morton, Evgeny Romasko, and Steve Kozari, all with 7.